Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Or perhaps we'll see someone take a GPS-controlled small plane, which > can carry 1,000 lbs, and turn it into a flying bomb or delivery system > for something quite noxious. These planes can be rented by the hour at > hundreds of small to medium sized airports around the U.S. Though I > don't know if the autopilot is configurable enough to let an attacker > program it to head to a certain altitude at a certain location and > then bail out via parachute.
Or for that matter, it would be extremely easy to outfit a model RC control unit with bigger servos to fly a real plane. And small planes are quite easy to steal as well.